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CVE-2014-6394
visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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Description
visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (15)
- 62170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140924 Re: CVE request: various NodeJS module vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205217 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-11495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-11421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 70100 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- nodejs-cve20146394-dir-traversal(96727) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-11289 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140924 CVE request: various NodeJS module vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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